Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-12-02
WOLVERINE WHISPERING a.

The Leuawes circuit co lrt is couple /
with an appeal suit wherein Hamilton
collegeis a party. A lie ,um sch IN an among
other requests left so D 10 found "a
scholarship CHAIR in the college, an the
heirs contest the beluest on the ground
o. uncertainty aud of the impos ibility
OF the executors fulfilling the conditions
OF the will. one provision makes the
gift from what is to be known As the
Nichols scholarshipsr Nichosl endowment,
aud the heirs believe the viii - yu.ner-
able. but the trustees of the college claim
that like the Regents of the University.
they are n law unto themselves and that
with them nothing is impossible. 1t Is a
Presby terrain college, and the lawyers on
both sides are of that a,th.
Smart aleck, all over the state are try
ing to get up cheap sensations by placing
bogu, gar pipe uomb, whore they may be
conveniently foand.
Pupils in some of Flint ward schools are
forming anti-smoGng and anti-sweariug
societies. and fxiag things 50 that mem
bers who break the rules will be made
known why they have done something
wrong.
l.. II. swan q Son OF lmla, city have
returned from a huatins trip 10 Mont
morency county. Among the game they
captured We're tnree beavers.
At lshpeming the city VIII hereafter
build all the sidewalks and the cost Will
be assessed upon adjacent property.
There are an astonishing number Of
Michigan people goins - Californ a this
fall. Many OF them are g)ins TO stay,
too, they say.
The acting secretary OF the interior has
requested tue attorney-seneral TO insti.
tute criminal suit against George w. Har
mon of Indian River, for alleged tres
pass on public lands 1t is charged that
Harmon cut LOO ties, which he Is said to
have sold 70 Merritt Chandler OF ChebOy
gan, at sixteen cents per tie, on the bank
OF Crooked Lake. The secretary says that
il Chandler desires to escape prosecution
he may DO so by paying the government
the sum he originally paid to Harmon.
Mrs. Susie Getchei, wife Of Rev. j. VI.
Getche!l OF tha Tee Imseh Universalist
church, has sued for a divorce. She
charges that he has maintained that he
had a right 10 administer corporal punish
ment TO her whenever he thought best
and had carried out that idea. Mr.. Get
chell will fight the suit, and intimates that
young man named Clarence Monaghen,
who boarded in thu house, is in some way
responsible for the trouble. Mrs. Get
chell has left town ana is supposed to be
at Cory. Pa, with relatives.
over 800 business men have joined the
new board Of trade in Grand Rapid.
The A. Q. L. W. pays Ms. j. L. Gaut OF
VermontviIe $1,000 on account OF the
death of her husband, who was an 1icer
that order
Blake Bros. a Co. of Boston have TAX n
the $4,000 Of bonds that Grand Rapids is
sued for furnishing it, city hall.
The Otsego folks aim TIA & the new a.
per mill at that village is the largest in
the state. and that in some particulars II
Is the best in the United States.
o. Waters, formerly commercial agent
of the Michigan Central railway company
at Bay CITY, takes charge of the company
entire business at that point.
The famous Crouch tragedy. in Jackson
county, by which jacob ID. Crouch, Eunice
White, William Henry White and Moses
Policy lost their lives occurred four years
ago Nov. "a, and still 'ir blood calls for
vengeance.
branch coanty Yo'os ca ,e-l ortion
Dccsmbor BE-
Tho Nchi u Jar aa,t ocp!1 = %.
Fest 3 nav tIos i--t -. ilt.i % iefel
at 6 icagJ o. took now.
Ground has Ie8n broker or tie 81
road ,rotn Baldwin 90 Traverse City.
Truman Coof of harbor Springs was in
stantly killed While out hunting the other
day.
James Morgan of Berrien Springs ha,
been fined 800 aLd sentenced To ca,
Detroit house OF correction Tor one yeal
for sending obscene matter through tn,
mails.
Moses Cautein, barber OF Cheboygan
shot and instantly killed his brother Il
years old, by the accidental discharge OF {
pistol. Cautein gave himself up at once
bat has been exonerated from all blame.
The selling price OF the Port Huron q
Northwestern marrow guage) was sl2, 0o
per mile.